Plasticity of histone modifications across the invertebrate to vertebrate transition: Histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation in heterochromatin

Chromosome Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-72

  Spada, Fabio ^a   Vincent, Michel ^b   Thompson, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

amanitin; Appendicularia; Chromocentre; Endocycle; Histone acetylation

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; LYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EUCHROMATIN; HETEROCHROMATIN; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DIPLOIDY; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; EUCHROMATIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONES; LYSINE; MICE; NIH 3T3 CELLS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; OIKOPLEURA DIOICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18544383119     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-005-6845-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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